Mallet



N0. 608,8". Patented Aug. 9', I898. G. A. WELD.

MALLET.

(Application filed Nov. 2, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGE A. \VELD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MALLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,811, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed November 2, T89 7. Serial No. 657,188. (No model-l T0 (all, whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WVELD, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mallets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a mallet having a strong and durable handle which shall be free from liability to breakage at the point where it emerges from the head of the mallet and shall be firmly and durably connected with the head.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l'represents a sectional View of a mallet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a view siinilarto Fig. 1, showing a modification. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view showing another moditication. Fig. t represents a sectional View of one form of handle-cover. Figs. 5 and 6 represent modifications showinga slightly-different construction of the enlarged end of the handle-cover.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a represents the head of a mallet,-whichis preferably composed of a series of superimposed disks or pieces of rawhide or other suitable material. 1) represents a metallic stud, preferably of tubular form, extending through the head a, the disks or pieces being perforated to receive said stud.

c and represent clamping-collars engaged with the stud Z) and bearing on opposite sides of the head a. The collar (1 is adjustably engaged with the stud by means of screwthreads, and said collar is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as composed of two parts or sections 2 3, the section 2 being in the form of a nut engaged with the threaded end of the studb, while the section 3 is in the form of a washer bearing loosely upon the nut 2 and interposed between the latter and the head a. The collar c is provided with a socket c, which is u11de1-cut-tl1at is to say, it is of smaller diameter at the outer surface of the collar than it is within said outer surface-the preferred form of the socket being the tapering form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and The collar 0 is in this case rigidly secured to the stud b and may be cast in one piece therewith or may be made in a separate piece shrunk upon the stud or otherwise firmly secured to it.

e represents a rod or spindle which extends from the core I) through the socket c and is of smaller diameter than said socket. /Vhen the stud b is tubular, the rod e is preferably extended entirely through the stud and is secured thereto at its outer end by suitable means, such as by a wedge e, driven into the end of the rod 6, or by a flange 4 on the nutsection 2 of the collar d, as shown in Fig. 2.

f represents a sheath or tube formed to inclose the projecting portion of the rod 6 and preferably composed of wood or paper pulp, the said sheath or tube being preferably made by winding a sheet of paper upon a mandrel and subjecting it to suitable compression, thusmaking a strong and durable tube which affords a desirable surface to be grasped by the hand of the operator, said surface being free from liability to'slip. 1 One end of the tube f enters the socket c and is spread or enlarged to engage or interlock with said socket.

I prefer to enlarge the end of the tube f by forming longitudinal slits or incisions f therein, as shown in Fig. 4, and making the portion of the rod 8 that passes through the said enlarged end of tapering form, so that when the rod is forced into the tube it will spread the slotted portion thereof, the latter being originally formed with the inner surface of its slotted portion of uniform diameter or free from taper, while its interior above said slottedportion is tapered, the result being that when the tapered rod is driven into the tube or sheath until its main portion fits the tapered interior of the sheath the slotted lower part of the sheath will be spread or tapered, and thus interlocked with the socket c.

It will be seen that the rod c and tube f together form a two-part handle, of which the rod 6 may be calledthe core and the tube f the cover. The enlargement of the inner end of the said cover and its engagement with the collar 0 gives the handle a very firm and durable connection with the head, while the tough and durable nature of the cover and its projection into the clampingcollar 0 insures sufficient strength in the handle to prevent liability of breakage at the point where the handle emerges from the head of the mallet, this being the part of the handle which is most frequently broken by the usage to which the mallet is subjected.

In Fig. 3 I show a modification in which the construction is similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, excepting that the tubular stud b is provided at one end with a clamping-collar 61, cast or formed in the same piece with the stud, the opposing clamping-collar (designated 0 being adj ustably engaged with the stud by means of a screw-thread connection.

In each of the above-described constructions the head a, stud Z), and the clampingcollars are assembled in the relative positions shown, and then the lower end of the tube or handle-cover f is inserted in the socket c, and the handle-core e is then driven to place and suitably secured, the core spreading the inner end of the cover, as above described.

In Figs, 5 and 6 I show the handle-cover f with an enlargement formed on its inner end during the process of manufacture instead of being formed through the spreading action of the core 6, as above described, said enlargement being lettered In Fig. 5 the stud b is screw-threaded at its upper end and engaged with an internally-threaded nut 0 which nut has an external screw-thread engaged with an in ternally-threaded nut 0 the latter having an undercut socket c engaging the enlarged end f of the handle-cover. A washer c is interposed between the nut c and the mallet-head 0b. The outer end of the stud b has a flange b, with which is engaged a clamping-collar (P. In Fig. 6 the construction is the same as that shown in Fig. 5, excepting that the nut c is omitted, the nut 0 being screwed directly upon the stud Z) and bearing upon the collar 0.

The parts 0 c 0 shown in Fig. 5 and the parts 0 0 shown in Fig. 6 are considered by me as parts or sections of a clamping-collar constituting an equivalent of the collar 0 shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or of the collar 0 shown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 6 the stud which passes through the head a is lettered b and is made solid instead of tubular and is made integral with the handle-core, which in this case is lettered 6 The core 6 may be reinforced by a metallic ferrule 6 formed to inclose the portion of the core that is surrounded by the socket, the ferrule extending above and below the socket, as shown in Fig. 2.

Essential features of my invention are an undercut socket secured to one side or end of amallet-head, and atwo-part handle comprising a core engaged with the head and passing through the socket, and a cover having an enlargedend engaged with the socket. I believe a mallet having these features is broadly new, and I therefore do not limit myself to the means here shown for securing the socket to the mallet-head and for interlocking the cover with the socket.

I claim- 1. A mallet comprising a head having an undercut socket at one side, a handle-core engaged at one end with the head and-projecting through said socket, and a handle-cover inclosing the projecting portion of the handle and having an enlarged inner end engaged with said socket. g

2. A mallet comprising a head, a stud or hub within the head, an undercut socket member secured to the head by said stud, a handle-core extending from the stud through the socket, and a handle-cover inclosing said core and having an enlarged inner end interlocked with the said socket.

3. A mallet comprising a head having an undercut socket at one side, a handle-core engaged at one end with the head and projecting through said socket, a ferrule surrounding the portion of the core that is surrounded by the socket, and a handle-cover inclosing the projecting portion of the handle and having an enlarged inner end engaged with said socket.

4:. A mallet comprising a head, two'clampingcol1ars at opposite sides of the head, one having an undercut recess or socket, a stud extending through the head and engaged with the said collars, a handle-core extending from said stud through the socket, and a handlecover inclosing said core and having an enlarged inner end interlocked with the said socket.

5. A mallet having a head, two clampingcollars at opposite sides of the head, one collar having a tapering socket, a stud passing through the head and engaged with said collars, a tapered handle-core formed to project from the stud through said socket, and a handle-cover formed at its inner end to enter the said socket and to be spread therein by th tapered core.

6. A mallet com prising a head, a stud within the head, a collar engaged with said stud at the outer side of the head, a handle-core extending from said stud and projecting from the inner side of the head, a handle-cover inclosing the projecting portion of the core and having an enlarged inner end, and a collar engaged with said stud at the inner side of the head and provided with an undercut socket which is engaged with the enlarged end of the handle-cover.

In testimony whereof I have; signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 2d day of October, A. D. 1897.

GEORGE A. WELD.

WVitnesses:

O. F. BROWN, E. BATCHELDER.

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